Somalia is 42.3% cheaper than Cabo Verde.

If you lived in Somalia instead of Cabo Verde, you would:

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pay 42.9% less for restaurants

 
Cabo Verde
Somalia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $5.10
CVE539.13
$2.65
SOS1,514
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$4.86
CVE513.46
$4.67
SOS2,667
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $2.16
CVE227.90
$0.81
SOS462

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pay 30.0% less for groceries

 
Cabo Verde
Somalia
Bread
1 loaf
$2.51
CVE265.32
$0.97
SOS556
Local cheese (8 oz) $6.73
CVE710.46
$1.96
SOS1,119
Milk (1 gallon) $5.01
CVE529.64
$5.93
SOS3,389

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pay 45.7% less for transportation

 
Cabo Verde
Somalia
Gasoline (1 gallon) $6.45
CVE681.64
$4.12
SOS2,356
Monthly public transit pass $25.28
CVE2,669.98
$25.00
SOS14,288
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $29,166.78
CVE3,080,741.14
$5,750.00
SOS3,286,125

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pay 47.2% less for housing

 
Cabo Verde
Somalia
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$57.24
CVE6,045.95
$30.62
SOS17,502
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $475.70
CVE50,245.82
$160.00
SOS91,440
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $350.12
CVE36,981.52
$93.33
SOS53,340

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pay 66.6% less for childcare

 
Cabo Verde
Somalia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $136.23
CVE14,389.19
$55.21
SOS31,552
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $2,824.32
CVE298,318.43
$742.50
SOS424,339

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pay 1.8% less for entertainment and sports

 
Cabo Verde
Somalia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $2.70
CVE284.97
$7.00
SOS4,000
Cappuccino in mid-range area $1.80
CVE189.87
$1.24
SOS706
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$4.38
CVE462.11
$1.34
SOS769

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pay 61.9% less for clothing

 
Cabo Verde
Somalia
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$46.18
CVE4,877.84
$18.61
SOS10,636
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$43.75
CVE4,621.11
$23.11
SOS13,208
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$92.36
CVE9,755.68
$25.89
SOS14,796

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: November 2024
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